Jocelyn

Music: Fugue in B minor.
By Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by
J. Marques.

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Jocelyn is more than meets the eye.
On her, of course, all male eyes are glued.
Clarity and wit are on a mission,
Engaged to amplify her erudition,
Lest students wonder whether, what, or why.
Young enough to know how youth is wooed,
Nor strict nor lax, she sets her own sights high.

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